Ecclesiastes 4:14

In 11 translations

BSB

For the youth has come from the prison to the kingship, though he was born poor in his own kingdom.

KJV

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

WEB

For out of prison he came out to be king; yes, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

ASV

For out of prison he came forth to be king; yea, even in his kingdom he was born poor.

LSV

For from a house of prisoners he has come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he has been poor.

YLT

For from a house of prisoners he hath come out to reign, for even in his own kingdom he hath been poor.

DBY

For out of the prison-house he came forth to reign, although he was born poor in his kingdom.

DRC

Because out of prison and chains sometimes a man cometh forth to a kingdom: and another born king is consumed with poverty.

GNV

For out of the prison he commeth forth to reigne: when as he that is borne in his kingdome, is made poore.

JPS

For out of prison he came forth to be king; although in his kingdom he was born poor.

LXXE

For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, because he also that was in his kingdom has become poor.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־מִבֵּ֥ית הָסוּרִ֖ים יָצָ֣א לִמְלֹ֑ךְ כִּ֛י גַּ֥ם בְּמַלְכוּת֖וֹ נוֹלַ֥ד רָֽשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι ἐξ οἴκου τῶν δεσμίων ἐξελεύσεται τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι, ὅτι καί γε ἐν βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐγενήθη πένης.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 41:14So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
• Psalms 113:7–8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump to seat them with nobles, with the princes of His people.
• Lamentations 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
• Job 5:11He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.
• 2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
• 2 Kings 25:7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• Genesis 41:33–44Now, therefore, Pharaoh should look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh take action and appoint commissioners over the land to take a fifth of the harvest of Egypt during the…
• 2 Kings 25:27–30On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. And…
• 2 Kings 24:6And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
• Daniel 4:31While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven: “It is decreed to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that the kingdom has departed from you.
• 1 Kings 14:26–27He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made. Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed…
• 2 Kings 23:31–34Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just…
• 2 Kings 24:1–2During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and…

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